Banijay Acquires French Animation Studio Monello Productions

elections approach in France, Michel Barnier – the EU’s Mr. Brexit and a potential contender – is having a tougher time making himself recognized in his own country.In a 50-year political career, Barnier has served as French foreign, European affairs, environment and agriculture minister — and twice as a European commissioner — but he’s never had a tilt at any leadership post, like that of president or prime minister.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentLotus Entertainment and ROAR have boarded “French Touch,” a music-filled coming-of-age movie set in New York, starring French singer-songwriter David Hallyday and his real-life daughter Emma Smet.

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On Monday the news came that shocked the world where billionaire philanthropists Bill Gates and Melinda Gates publicly announced their divorce after 27 successful years of marriage. Bill was the co-founder and chairman of Microsoft and Melinda was the General Manager of Information products in 1994 when the couple got married in Hawaii.

Storage Wars auctioneer Dan Dotson certainly won’t be coming between his dogs again! The reality TV star revealed he sustained a very intense injury, and nearly lost his finger, after he attempted to intervene in a fight between his two French Bulldogs. The A&E star showed off his heavily bandaged hand on the May 4 episode of Storage Wars, telling auction attendees that one of his pups had bitten the finger off.

elections approach in France, Michel Barnier – the EU’s Mr. Brexit and a potential contender – is having a tougher time making himself recognized in his own country.In a 50-year political career, Barnier has served as French foreign, European affairs, environment and agriculture minister — and twice as a European commissioner — but he’s never had a tilt at any leadership post, like that of president or prime minister.

“Storage Wars” star Dan Dotson won’t be trying to separate his dogs if they’re fighting again anytime soon.

A Tribe Called Quest rapper titled ‘French Kiss Deux’.The track, which was produced by Canadian hip-hop duo Potatohead People and features rapper Illa J, is the latest peek into ‘Forever’, the forthcoming posthumous Phife album due later this year via AWAL/Smokin’ Needles.This follows February’s ‘Nutshell Pt. 2’, which features verses by Busta Rhymes and Redman.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior Correspondent“Emily In Paris” became Netflix’s biggest comedy series of the year, with 58 million households sampling the freshman series during the first month of its debut in 2020.But, despite the popularity, the show was also met with critique for its handling of French culture, with some saying the series showcases a glamorized view of Paris through an American girl’s eyes.

Jamie Lang France’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the leading global get-together for all things animation, has unveiled the lineup for this year’s Work in Progress section, among the most highly anticipated events of the world’s animation calendar.

Head over to our new Lanarkshire Live Facebook page to make sure you're up to date with the top stories in the regionShe has now set up a production company in Scotland, Firewalker Films, and is running film-making workshops to encourage a new generation of local film-makers.The mum of two said: “When I was little, I remember seeing ­Gregory’s Girl on television and I thought it was so funny and romantic.“I talked about it with all my school friends and we were all very excited because it was

Lady Gaga dognapping case that resulted in her dog walker Ryan Fischer getting rushed to the hospital with life threatening gunshot wounds.

Five people have been arrested in the recent shooting of Lady Gaga’s dogwalker and the theft of the singer’s two French bulldogs, the Los Angeles Police Department said today. Included in the arrests was the woman who returned the dogs two nights after the Feb. 24 crime in hopes of cashing in on a $500,000 reward.

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a book about a chef that started at a slow boil and now has as many as eight offers on the table for film and television. Finding Freedom: A Cook’s Story; Remaking A Life From Scratch tells the story of Erin French. She currently runs The Lost Kitchen, a restaurant in a converted mill in Freedom, Maine that is so hot you can only get a reservation if you send a postcard in advance and are chosen.